List of longest films

This list of longest films is composed of films with a running time of 300 minutes (5 hours) or more.

Cinematic films

Note: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts, and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.

Cinematic films
Title Running time Year released Notes
Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo 1265 min (21 hr, 5 min) 2019 [1]
Resan (The Journey) 873 min (14 hr, 33 min) 1987 [2]
La Flor 803 min (13 hr, 23 min) 2018 [3]
Out 1 (Noli me tangere) 775 min (12 hr, 55 min) 1971 [4]
How Yukong Moved the Mountains 763 min (12 hr, 43 min) 1976 [5]
Evolution of a Filipino Family 593 min (9 hr, 53 min) 2004 [6]
Shoah 566 min (9 hr, 26 min) 1985 [7]
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 551 min (9 hr, 11 min) 2003 [8]
Death in the Land of Encantos 538 min (8 hr, 58 min) 2007 [9]
Heremias: (Book One: Legend of the Lizard Princess) 519 min (8 hr, 39 min) 2006 [10]
Dead Souls 495 min (8 hr, 15 min) 2018 [11]
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery 485 min (8 hr, 5 min) 2016 [12]
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) 480 min (8 hr) 2020 [13]
O.J.: Made in America 463 min (7 hr, 43 min) 2016 [14]
Melancholia 450 min (7 hr, 30 min) 2008 [15]
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel 448 min (7 hr, 28 min) 2018 [16]
Sátántangó 439 min (7 hr, 19 min) 1994 [17]
A Tale of Filipino Violence 434 min (7 hr, 14 min) 2022 [18]
La Roue 413 min (6 hr, 53 min) 1923 (Restoration, 2019) [19]
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE 367 min (6 hr, 7 min) 2012 [20]
The Best of Youth 366 min (6 hr, 6 min) 2003 [21]
Century of Birthing 360 min (6 hr) 2011 [22]
Near Death 358 min (5 hr, 58 min) 1989 [23]
Karamay 356 min (5 hr, 56 min) 2011 [24]
DAU. Degeneration 355 min (5 hr, 55 min) 2020 [25]
Little Dorrit 350 min (5 hr, 50 min) 1987 [26]
La Commune (Paris, 1871) 345 min (5 hr, 45 min) 2000 [27][28]
Carlos 339 min (5 hr, 39 min) 2010 [29]
Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon 338 min (5 hr, 38 min) 2014 [30]
Napoléon 332 min (5 hr, 32 min) 1927 (Restoration, 2016) [31]
Happy Hour 317 min (5 hr, 17 min) 2015 [32]
Novecento (1900) 317 min (5 hr, 17 min) 1976 [33]
Ugryum-River 316 min (5 hr, 16 min) 1969 [34]
Batang West Side 315 min (5 hr, 15 min) 2001 [35]
The Deluge 315 min (5 hr, 15 min) 1974 [36]
Fanny and Alexander 314 min (5 hr, 14 min) 1982 [37]
Tsahal 304 min (5 hr, 4 min) 1994 [38]

Experimental films

While most cinematic films have a broad theatrical release in multiple locations through normal distribution channels, some of the longest films are experimental in nature or created for art gallery installations, having never been simultaneously released to multiple screens or intended for mainstream audiences. They may have been shown in venues where audiences were only expected to view a portion of the film during its screening.

Experimental films
Title Running time Year released Notes
Logistics 51,420 min (857 hr / 35 days, 17 hours) 2012 [39]
Modern Times Forever 14,400 min (240 hr / 10 days) 2011 [40]
Beijing 2003 9,000 min (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours) 2003 [41]
Cinématon 9,000 min (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours) 2009 [42]
Untitled #125 (Hickory) 7,200 min (120 hr / 5 days) 2011 [43]
Matrjoschka 5,700 min (95 hr / 3 days, 23 hours) 2006 [44]
The Cure for Insomnia 5,220 min (87 hr / 3 days, 15 hours) 1987 [45]
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World 2,880 min (48 hr / 2 days) 1968 [46]
**** (Four Stars) 1,500 min (25 hr / 1 day, 1 hour) 1967 [47]
24 Hour Psycho 1,440 min (24 hr / 1 day) 1993 [48]
The Clock 1,440 min (24 hr / 1 day) 2010 [49]
24 Hours of Happy 1,440 min (24 hr / 1 day) 2013 [50][51]
My Human Time 1,440 min (24 hr / 1 day) 2014 [52]
15 Hours 900 min (15 hr) 2017 [53]
Crude Oil 840 min (14 hr) 2008 [54]
Bordeaux Piece 823 min (13 hr, 43 min) 2004 [55]
The White House 690 min (11 hr, 30 min) 2006 [56]
Circus Savage 643 min (10 hr, 43 min) 2009 [57]
Paint Drying 607 min (10 hr, 7 min) 2016 [58]
Empire 485 min (8 hr, 5 min) 1965 [59]
Baa Baa Land 480 min (8 hr) 2017 [60]
Imitation of Christ 480 min (8 hr) 1967 [61]
Park Lanes 480 min (8 hr) 2015 [62]
Sleep 480 min (8 hr) 2013 [63][64][65]
The Wake 462 min (7 hr, 42 min) 2000 [66]
Hitler: A Film from Germany 442 min (7 hr, 23 min) 1977 [67]
Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World 435 min (7 hr, 15 min) 1985 [68]
The Movie Orgy 420 min (7 hr) 1968 [69]
Star Spangled to Death 402 min (6 hr, 42 min) 2004 [70]
Babel 380 min (6 hr, 20 min) 1991 [71]
A Lot of Sorrow 369 min (6 hr, 9 min) 2013 [72]
River of Fundament 352 min (5 hr, 52 min) 2014 Including two 20-minute intermissions[73]
Sleep 321 min (5 hr, 21 min) 1964 [59]

Films released in separate parts

This section lists films conceived as an artistic unity and produced simultaneously, or consecutively with no significant interruption or change of production team, even though they were released with separate premières.

Films released in separate parts
Title Running time Year released Parts Average runtime Notes
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple 1,620 minutes (27 hr) 1928-31 17 116 min (1 hr, 41 min) [74][75]
Die Zweite Heimat 1,509 minutes (25 hr, 9 min) 1992 13 116 min (1 hr, 56 min) [76]
Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (The Innocence) 1,260 minutes (21 hr) 2019 8 158 min (2 hr, 38 min) [77][78][79]
Berlin Alexanderplatz 931 minutes (15 hr, 31 min) 1980 14 72 min (1 hr, 12 min) [80]
Heimat 924 minutes (15 hr, 24 min) 1984 11 84 min (1 hr, 24 min) [81]
A Dream of Red Mansions 735 min (12 hr, 15 min) 1988–89 6 123 min (2 hr, 3 min) [82]
Heimat 3 680 minutes (11 hr, 33 min) 2003 6 113 min (1 hr, 53 min) [83]
The Lord of the Rings 686 min (11 hr, 26 min) 2001–03 3 229 min (3 hr, 49 min) [84]
The Human Condition 574 min (9 hr, 34 min) 1959–61 3 191 min (3 hr, 11 min) [85]
Dekalog 572 min (9 hr, 32 min) 1988-89 10 57 min [86]
Digimon Adventure tri. 536 min (8 hr, 56 min) 2015–18 6 89 min (1 hr, 29 min) [87]
The Hobbit 532 min (8 hr, 52 min) 2012–14 3 177 min (2 hr, 57 min) [88]
Barrabas 506 min (8 hr, 26 min) 1919 12 42 min
Taiga 501 min (8 hr, 21 min) 1992 3 167 min (2 hr, 47 min) [89][90]
Liberation 445 min (7 hr, 25 min) 1968–71 5 89 min (1 hr, 29 min) [91]
Sangokushi [ja] 436 min (7 hr, 16 min) 1992–94 3 145 min (2 hr, 25 min) [92]
Les Vampires 421 min (7 hr, 1 min) 1915-16 10 42 min [93]
Tih Minh 418 min (6 hr, 58 min) 1918 12 35 min [94]
War and Peace 415 min (6 hr, 55 min) 1966–67 4 104 min (1 hr, 44 min) [95]
The Emigrants + The New Land 393 min (6 hr, 33 min) 1971–72 2 197 min (3 hr, 17 min) [96]
Arabian Nights 383 min (6 hr, 23 min) 2015 3 128 min (2 hr, 8 min) [97]
La Révolution française 360 min (6 hr) 1989 2 180 min (3 hr) [98]
Little Dorrit 357 min (5 hr, 57 min) 1987 2 179 min (2 hr, 59 min) [99]
Fantômas 337 min (5 hr, 37 min) 1913 5 67 min (1 hr, 7 min) [100]
Joan the Maid 336 min (5 hr, 36 min) 1994 2 168 min (2 hr, 48 min) [101]
Ponniyin Selvan 332 min (5 hr, 32 min) 2021-22 2 166 min (2 hr, 46 min)
Avengers: Infinity War + Endgame 330 min (5 hr, 30 min) 2018–19 2 165 min (2 hr, 45 min) [102][103]
And Quiet Flows the Don 330 min(5 hr, 30 min) 1957 3 110 min (1 hr, 50 min)
Fear Street 328 min (5 hr, 28 min) 2021 3 109 min (1 hr, 49 min) [104]
Baahubali 325 min (5 hr, 25 min) 2015–17 2 163 min (2 hr, 43 min) [105][106]
Nymphomaniac (uncut) 325 min (5 hr, 25 min) 2013 2 163 min (2 hr, 43 min) [107]
Aszparuh (uncut) 323 min (5 hr, 23 min) 1981 3 108 min (1 hr, 48 min) [108]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest + At World's End 319 min (5 hr, 19 min) 2006–07 2 160 min (2 hr, 40 min)
Gangs of Wasseypur 317 min (5 hr, 17 min) 2012 2 159 min (2 hr, 39 min) [109]
Judex 300 min (5 hr) 1916 13 23 min [110]

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